We don't want your illegal masts
Tivy-Side news 19.10.05
A hard-hitting message has gone out to mobile 'phone companies - don't put your masts up in Ceredigion without planning permission.
County planners last week threw out a scheme for a temporary mobile mast at Parcyllyn, Aberystwyth.
The mast had been erected without permission four months ago and sparked massive local protests. "These companies come into Ceredigion and erect these things without consulting the local community," Beulah member Lyndon Lloyd told fellow planners.
"We need to refuse more and a strong message should go out from this committee saying no more of this. "I've heard of a local woman who went to bed one night and when she pulled her curtains back in the morning a mast had been erected while she slept."
And he added: "If we agree to this we will have even more masts coming here." He was backed by Cabinet member Cllr Ray Quant. "There comes a time when we have to hold our hands up and say we can't allow people to come and put masts up," he said.
And Cllr Alan Williams was even more blunt.
"This is an abuse. They are playing fast and loose with the consultation process. It would be better for all the people in Ceredigion who are concerned about these masts if we turned this one down.
And Cllr Lloyd concluded: "We are putting a clamp on these masts from today and I hope that message goes out."
A hard-hitting message has gone out to mobile 'phone companies - don't put your masts up in Ceredigion without planning permission.
County planners last week threw out a scheme for a temporary mobile mast at Parcyllyn, Aberystwyth.
The mast had been erected without permission four months ago and sparked massive local protests. "These companies come into Ceredigion and erect these things without consulting the local community," Beulah member Lyndon Lloyd told fellow planners.
"We need to refuse more and a strong message should go out from this committee saying no more of this. "I've heard of a local woman who went to bed one night and when she pulled her curtains back in the morning a mast had been erected while she slept."
And he added: "If we agree to this we will have even more masts coming here." He was backed by Cabinet member Cllr Ray Quant. "There comes a time when we have to hold our hands up and say we can't allow people to come and put masts up," he said.
And Cllr Alan Williams was even more blunt.
"This is an abuse. They are playing fast and loose with the consultation process. It would be better for all the people in Ceredigion who are concerned about these masts if we turned this one down.
And Cllr Lloyd concluded: "We are putting a clamp on these masts from today and I hope that message goes out."
Starmail - 20. Okt, 11:07
